Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition VOICES AWAY FROM THE BLUFF AN INDEPENDENT SERIES Doug Smith 9 Lily St.       Editor's note: This week, The Nantucket Independent continues Voices Away from the Bluff, examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. More ... New playing fields challenged by neighbors, selectmen BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Citing destruction of native habitat (around 18 acres will be leveled), the added inconveniences of trash, noise and traffic congestion, the belief that Tom Nevers is a more viable location, and that the town cannot manage its existing ball fields, More ... Sub-prime mortgage crisis has little effect on island Local lenders use caution to protect clients BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       The mortgage crisis that has hit homeowners across the country and the state has also struck Nantucket, though to a much lesser degree. According to statistics published by WCVB-TV last Wednesday, more than 25,000 foreclosure petitions were filed in Massachusetts within the last 12 months. More ... Meet Your Neighbor Susan Bennett Witte BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       You read about islanders who are in the public eye all the time, but what do you know about your neighbors - those you see at the supermarket, the gas station, at school or just in passing on the street? More ... I ON DEVELOPMENT Read the Story... ALMOST THERE Sankaty resting comfortably above new foundation       At 11 a.m. yesterday morning, after 'Sconset Trust President Bob Felch pushed it the final three inches, Sankaty Head Lighthouse completed its 405-foot crawl to its new, safer inland location. "It's exhilaration, it's excitement and it's relief," said Felch early yesterday afternoon after Expert ... More ... Ball to celebrate bountiful season       With some 1,500 family shellfish licenses being sold - around 200 last Friday and 40 in one hour Saturday morning - and legions of recreational scallopers going after Nantucket's most delicious export, festivities at the fifth annual Scalloper's Ball should be highspirited. More ... OBITUARIES       BENOIT W. GARNEAU Benoit W. Garneau, Jr. died on Tuesday October 2, 2007. He was 83 years old. Born in Fall River, Mass. on October 2, 1924, Mr. Garneau led an exciting and full life. He attended the Dublin School in Dublin N.H. as well as a private school in Canada. From February 1944 to Apr... More ... etcetera 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends       HARBOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE GETS TO WORK Before state officials can finish their review of Nantucket's revised harbors plan, the island's Harbor Plan Implementation Committee is already putting the inch-thick document into action. More ... PRETTY BIG DIVOTS      Work continues as the original nine at Miacomet Golf Club is being reconstructed and restyled over the fall and winter. Shown is bunker work in progress along the first and second fairways. Overall construction is two weeks ahead of schedule. Nine holes at the course remain open for play. MICHAEL GA... More ...